SUPER CREW!!!

[m880cummins]

Here's some progress!

roof skin. Pd $30 for it and driprail needs replaced and the outer skin wasn't as bad as my original one (has 3 pinholes) I may try to find a better one. I really wish someone would repop these. Every truck needs them these days.



Bought a pair of nice 63" chevy leaf springs out of a 2500 for $100. Burned out the bushings. Need to measure and get poly bushings.



Finished my buddy's 4BT! The blue will complement the wheels for his rat.







Made a nice bracket for use with the wilwood clutch master. 16ga steel with 2 gussets:







Finished mud work on 3 doors, epoxy primed them, then shot 2K high build. Blocked out the high build. Needs probably 2 more coats of high build until it is smooth as glass.



Charlie

[m880cummins]

Got quite a bit done on the truck!

Friday, I spent another $870 on paint, then drove west to pick up my NOS 70s birdbath hood which I paid $50 for. From there I took the block, crank and rods to my dads friend who builds pro class diesel pullers and he's doing my machine work. Pretty excited to get the block back!

Did cowl work. First I welded the cracks, then added plates over the cracks and at the windshield corners where there are gaps in the panels. Should make the cowl a lot more strong.















Then, I mocked up the grille to IC rad support. Using 60s dodge truck headlight buckets makes it much easier because they have their own bracket which mounts flush to a rad support. I will have to recess the rad support headlight area to work with this setup. I think I will just sell the rad support and use a gasser one because I'm running non stock radiator, intercooler and A/C. No point to hack up a nice rad support for a specific application. I guess I'll sell the rad support. I do like the 70s grille much more than the 1991-1993.



My buddy who is in college, his father is a toxic waste area cleanup coordinator. They have a surplus of equipment from sites so he gave me a next to new Ingresol Rand 80 gallon air compressor! It is double in tank volume and puts out 17 cfms rather than 3 cfms!!!! I can't wait to get it hooked up!



NOS hood:



Finished inside. Removed all seam sealer and body caulk and found surface rust starting under it and a couple holes under the dash behind the seam sealer. Glad I removed it and addressed the issues. Finished wire wheeling and DA sanding the floor and gave it a coat of epoxy primer inside!





Hood was sanded and sprayed with high build primer as well as another coat on the doors. Then a quick mist of a guide coat:





Hope to spray some Mango Tango saturday on door jambs, firewall, interior pillars and underside of hood this coming weekend!

Charlie

[m880cummins]

Been brainstorming a better parking brake. Pretty sure I will do this:

http://www.tsmmfg.com/stainless_transfe ... rotors.htm

Charlie

[ahale2772]

awesome progress, wish i had the motivation to stick to one project like that!

[Tacoclaw]

Yeah, I've been wanting to say how badass this thing is getting but I know the second I do he'll have another update. I'll just wait until it's done, it shouldn't be long.

[m880cummins]

Thanks!

I was feeling behind on progress until i realized I have only owned it for 6 weeks! The cold weather coming was making me feel slow. Maybe in 6 weeks it will be running and in the paint booth!!!!

[cmann250]

Enjoy high school while it lasts! I lost all my spare time when I started college this fall. Between farming and school, I don't have time to tinker with the Dodge.

Above all, nice work

[m880cummins]

Well Tacoclaw was right!

Went down this afternoon and spent 4 hours total inside. Used most of the time to put away the mess of the past two days, organize stuff that was in boxes from the move and did a little metal work. Fixed a hack job on a wheel horse tractor hood. Had to graft in a patch. Then I paint stripped the P7100 after plugging off all the ports. I think I'll rebuild it myself. I'll purchase the tools and do it. If I keep the shims and clocking right on the DVs it shouldn't need flow benched but wouldn't hurt down the road. P pump looks amazing without paint. Then I mocked up the rad support again with different headlight buckets trying to figure how do do the cleanest easiest job. I think I figured it out... More to come later....





Finished my buddies manifold. It was a 6 off my engine, cut down, ported and a plate welded on and cracks v'd out and welded up. There were 4 cracks . Then hit it with 2000* paint.



Center pillars look really nice!!!





Rust under cowl inside. I think I'll just blast it and then graft in a small piece where the worst was or seam seal it and forget about it.





Charlie

[kansascrewcab76]

I was jonesing for more pics!

I will be watching to see how you modify the core I have an idea how I will be doing mine to keep the factory quad headlight setup, but very interested in how you will do yours.

[m880cummins]

Got bored in detention today.... Had to stay til 5:00 for being late to school once in the last month



Christmas e'ry day



Decided I must build one of these with a 4bt in it soon (within the next 5 years )

[PToombs]

There's a guy here in NY that has at least 2 of those. One like that in yellow, a Carryall, and I think he has another one, but I can't remember for sure. I've seen pics on TDR, they look awesome. I think he has 5.9's in them too.

[m880cummins]

Friday, Saturday, Sunday= 30 hours in the shop total!

Here we go! Got the door jambs in bare metal, welded up the seams and skim coated the welds with filler, epoxy primer, ready for paint. NO pic sorry!

Here's the floors today. I sandblasted for 2 hours and did all four cab mounts, floor bracing, and any seams on the bottom side. There was no rust except around cab mounts. Only surface though.

Before:



Wirewheeled dirt and paint off, wiped down and then forgot about the bottom side until today. Sandblasted areas:











1st coat of epoxy primer. Only have a quart left out of the gallon can. Probably need another gallon or two. I have primed the entire cab except roof and cab back and the doors.



Then used rubberized undercoating and did all the seams to seal them up. Did 2 heavy coats, let flash dry then gave the entire thing another coat of epoxy. Should be able to forget about it and just powerwash it clean every once in a while. I like this better than black or bed lining. Looks more factory appearing and easier to see any chips, rust, dirt, grease, or oil leaks that could be a problem in the long future. I don't like seam sealer much because it cracks over time and it is a messy appearance and messy to apply.









Sealed the inside panels:



Nick's rat



2000* paint







Had to turn it around to clear the valve covers:



Made a unique exhaust stack to resemble a stove pipe elbow and then flared the top! It is 3" welded to a flat plate with a home made exhaust brake that will work on a pull cable



Antique gauge for boost:



Charlie

[dazedandconfused]

Man you are staying busy. Good work.

[oldestof11]

Love the rat!

[m880cummins]

Here's the insanity of the last week. Cleaned up the shop some more and fooled around with the dune buggy a little:







Got the Rat rod engine and trans together and started on the frame:




















Doors blocked down and 3rd coat of high build. Blocked them again and needs one more:





FINALLY! Got a good roof skin for $40 from a local yard with a sawzall:



Drilled out spot welds and sandblasted drip rail:



















Stupid local car:



Charlie